Missouri State

2016-17: Lead the team in his first year as a Bear with a 72.83 average and appeared in all but one tournament … Finished first at the Derek Dolenc Invitational (Sept. 26-27) shooting a personal and team season best 206 … Also fired off a season low round of 66 to kick off the Derek Dolenc and earn him MVC Golfer of the Week honors (Sept. 29) … Placed in the top five in his next two tournaments (Oct. 3-4, 17-18) … Capped the Spring season with four top 10 finishes … Paced the Bears at the MVC Championship, shooting 70-76-75--221 for sixth overall.

Background: Transferred to Missouri State from the University of Tulsa after playing for one year … Lead Tulsa’s team with a 75.0 scoring average … His best finish of the year was a tie for 18^th at the Desert Shootout in Ariz. … Finished second in the Columbia City Championship in 2015 … Also finished second in the USGA Amateur and Rich Poe Invitational in 2015 … Played golf at Rock Bridge High School … Was a four-time all-district and two-time all-state selection.
 
Personal: Born July 26, 1996 in Columbia, Mo. … Son of Jim and Laura Knoesel of Columbia, Mo. … Plans on studying Marketing.